[ale] [OT] Anyone up for a 90 Day Wonder Challenge?

[Leam Hall]

Let me add to Jim's comments. I too am learning and teaching driven. I 
will learn this and I'm happy to bring others along. This is how I've 
lived my career.

ALE has provided me a lot of good information and the occasional 
friendly social contact. It would please me immensely to be able to pay 
back, in a sense, the good ALE has brought.

I've started a GitHub repo for coding. First thoughts are that others 
can join and we can store our code in separate folders. If there's a 
better repo for it, let me know.

	https://github.com/LeamHall/ale_lcthw

I'm okay with the group starting 1 Jan 16 if that's the consensus. 
However, the holidays are a slow time for me so I may be able to mentor 
a bit by then.  :)

Leam

On 11/26/15 09:13, Jim Kinney wrote:
> All good points. I was only looking at the web site to organise weekly
> topics. Everyone using a common book greatly simplifies the group
> learning process.
>
> Here's my thinking (I've only had half a cup of coffee so far):
> 1. This is Leam's idea so let's have Leam be the Project Lead on this.
> Book, no book, which book, times and connection method are the call of
> the PL.
> 2. We need a volunteer (or beer pliable) veteran coder(s?) to assist in
> leading the topics if/when the self study gets stuck. Maybe nothing more
> than an ALE post or maybe participate in a followup meeting to clarify
> an issue.
> 3. Let's look to start this in Jan to allow time to organize this and
> get past the crazy season. Also gives to get publicity to the meetup
> side if ALE. Most are not on the mailing list.
> 4. I will handle the Meetup announcements and scheduling of times and
> verify connection method processes. There are lot's of cross join people
> from Meetup and that could work well to boost ALE visibility as the
> central group for technology specialties.
>
> Not to put any pressure on Leam, but this could be a "toe in the water"
> for a new thing for ALE. As everyone who knows me understands, I'm a
> huge education advocate. Doing another ALS is not an option. But
> coordinating and running 6-12 week special topic how to classes is very
> feasible. It spreads the load around, miss steps are not crises and it
> provides a very good service outside and within ALE. It makes us Linux
> people look good. I like that. :-)
>
> Ok. Finished my coffee #1. Time to make dressing, green bean casserole
> and sweet potatoes.
>
> On November 26, 2015 6:51:21 AM EST, Leam Hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Jim,
>
>     I've given this a little thought, and would like to disagree. Tell me
>     what you think of these concerns.
>
>     1. Unity. Looking at the website, it seems to diverge from the book as
>     early as chapter 4.
>
>     2. Multi-modal learning. The book comes with a series of videos. This
>     gives learners two different ways to ingest the material. That seems to
>     be a solid recommendation from the education theory folks.
>
>     3. Benefit Content. I've already found extra stuff in the videos that
>     goes beyond what's in the book.
>
>     4. Investment. If someone buys a book it's a bit more of a commitment
>     than just saying "I'll look at a website". That, in itself, can
>     encourage deeper participation.
>
>     I understand if times are tight with the holidays. If someone really
>     wants in on this but is having a difficult time swinging the cash,
>     please let me know. We can probably work some
>       thing
>     out.
>
>     Leam
>
>
>     On 11/25/15 12:53, Jim Kinney wrote:
>
>         Let's use the website as the core reference for syncing the effort.
>         Any/all books _should_ be able to
>         help teach what's needed with an occasional push/pop/poke (HA!)
>         from others.
>
>         On Wed, 2015-11-25 at 12:43 -0500, leam hall wrote:
>
>             Depends on if folks want to use the same book, or one they
>             already
>             have. Tech books don't seem cheap.
>
>             I'm using this book:
>             http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Hard-Way-Practical-Computational/dp/0321884922
>
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